All Chapters of My Three Complicated Mates : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

TIO'S POV I had never been more distracted in my life. And that's saying a lot, considering I had to tune out my father's constant angry ravings while growing up. This was different than then though, and somehow worse. Because sitting alone in a corner of the cafeteria, with my hands laid flatly on the table and my lunch untouched, I was looking across the room at Zed. He was sitting near the grand stone archway with two other guys from the math club, looking deep in thought, and terrifyingly tense. I'd always been closer to him than with Cade, but right then it felt like the opposite. It was so easy to dislike him especially because of the way he was acting like he owned every air Rayna breathed. Others looked at the three of us and thought we just happened to share a table or run in the same elite campus circles. They didn't know the half of it. Elmor was built on ancient history of supernaturals, and it just happened that our bloodlines were practically designed to tear each

CADE’S POVThe air in the common room was thick enough to choke on, a suffocating mix of jealousy, anger, irritation, fear and worry.I stood beside the edge of the heavy desk, my arms crossed tightly over my chest, watching Zed and Tio walk in through the arched doors.They looked like they’d just crawled straight out of a forgotten grave, both smudged with dark dirt, smelling faintly of damp mouldy stone, dust, and an unmistakable trace of Rayna’s awful cologne that clung to their clothes like a second skin.And of course, an almost identical pair of matching scowls on their faces.“Where the hell have you two been?” I asked, keeping my voice almost careless, though my eyes tracked every twitch in their posture, every rigid line of their shoulders as I almost asked where she was.“Recess ended forty minutes ago. The whole school, at least that supernatural side, was wondering if you two had finally decided to tear each other’s throats out in private”None answered right away. Zed p

RAYNA’S POVMy pulse thrashed against my ribs as Jamie and I stepped onto the polished court. I was doing this completely terrified, every instinct screaming at me to turn around and run back to the safety of my room.To make matters infinitely worse, standing by the bleachers near the equipment table was Victoria, looking as exquisite as ever and flanked by two of her most loyal minions, whose names I still hadn't gotten around to knowing.Sitting behind the table was the official head coach, a meek, quiet man with graying hair who looked less like a leader and more like he was actively being bullied by his own student leaders.“Oh, great,” I muttered under my breath. “Of course she’s part of the judging team.”“Just ignore her,” Jamie whispered back, though she looked a bit uneasy herself. “We just have to impress the coach, that's all.”I opened my mouth to respond, but a familiar, grating voice cut through.“Well, well. Look what the cat dragged onto the court.”I turned to see Mi

RAYNA’S POVBy the time I made it back to my dorm room, my muscles were already screaming in pain, throbbing from being pulled and stretched in ways they had never experienced in my entire life.Every single step up the stairwell had felt like an agonizing task from the deepest part of hell.I kicked the door shut behind me, letting out a long, exhausted groan. And a sharp wince as I pulled off my shirt and tossed it onto the bed, standing there in my navy sports bra and shorts.I rotated my shoulders, twisting my neck this way and that to work out a knot, when a soft, steady knock sounded at the door.My heart immediately leaped into my throat. I rushed over and pulled the door open, catching my breath when I saw Zed standing in the hallway.We both just stood there, shy smiles breaking across our faces as the vivid memory of our recent kiss flashed between us.“Come in,” I said as I stepped back, letting him in, and shut the door behind him.Zed stood in the center of the room, his

RAYNA’S POVMy phone buzzed against the wooden surface of my desk, the sharp vibration cutting through the silence of my room.I picked it up, expecting a text from Zed about our sneak-out date. But when I clicked on the screen, the message was from the same unknown number that had texted me during my second night at Elmor, the very same mysterious contact that had asked to meet me back then, whom I’d ignored.Meet me at the old courtyard behind the east conservatory. Don't be scared of me, darling.I stared at the glowing digits, my thumb hovering over the screen. Over four hours had passed since Zed left my room for his study session, and I still hadn't heard a single peep from him about our plans. He'd sent a text checking in on me though but that was it.The restlessness in my chest was becoming unbearable, a nervous energy buzzing under my skin that made staying in this tiny room feel like an imprisonment.Decision made, I typed out a quick reply.I’ll be there.I threw on a dark